by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:21 AM 8:13 PM 14 hours and 52 minutes The spring of 1977 was warm and dry. On this date thermometers headed for the upper 80s and low 90s, setting a record in Burlington at 90 degrees, reaching 89 in Cornwall, Rutland, and South Hero. This started a long stretch of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:34 AM 8:00 PM 14 hours and 26 minutes Fourteen years ago on this date, 2011, tremendous snow melt and spring rains pushed Lake Champlain to its highest level since records began in the 1820s. The lake was 3.27 feet above flood stage, resulting in $30 million in...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
6:14 AM 7:30 PM 13 hours and 16 minutes Although the character of spring includes damp ground and mud season, it is the spring when forest fire danger is at its annual maximum here in northern New England, northern New York, and southern Quebec. Dead grass and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:44 AM 7:52 PM 14 hours and 8 minutes On this day in 1874, it was snowing again in northern New England. The final installment of snow in a very snowy month brought another 10 inches of snow to Woodstock, VT, raising the snow on the ground to over 30 inches. 12...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
5:46 AM 7:51 PM 14 hours and 5 minutes April’s hottest weather of historical record was driving the mercury into the 80s and a few low 90s throughout interior New England and New York state on this date in 1990. The heat was very evenly distributed, as the...